Summer Lovin' to Winter Wonderland

Hundreds of people gathered in the market square to watch classic movies and wander around the market, which was open late.

Granted, these were a series of one-off events and it was much warmer back then, but I for one would be more than willing to brave the polar climes for a night of festive fun.

Cambridge is literally famous for its Christmas carols

The choir could come too! (Image: Vikki Lince)

I'm just saying, every year millions of Brits tune in to watch/listen to the King's College Choir Christmas Eve service.

For a city which is literally famous for singing about Christmas, don't you think it's a bit weird that we don't have a market?

The choir could perform - limber up their lungs before the big performance!

Ice is nice

The ice rink is 770 sqm, perfect for showing off your figure skating (Image: David Johnson)

To be honest, we are already part-way to having our own Christmas Market.

We already have the ice rink, rides and Santa's grotto - now all we need are some stalls.

And even if we decided not to host it on Parker's Piece there are plenty of places elsewhere in the city centre (and still within walking distance of the north pole) we could.

Good for local businesses

This could be a great opportunity for our independent shops!

As a city, we love our independent businesses and a Christmas market would be the perfect opportunity to steer shoppers away from the big brands and into our local shops.

They wouldn't need to have stalls either, in my mind (which currently looks like something out of a boardroom in CSI) smaller independent shops could stay open late during the market - giving people the chance to go in after peak hours.